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Online Poll Results These are the results for the online poll where we asked ‘Did you miss not having a snowy winter? Yes or no.’…
IN MEMORIAM: Norma Wagner, 89; Retired To Cooperstown With Husband COOPERSTOWN – Norma Wallerius Wagner, 89, who in retirement moved to Cooperstown in 2004 with her husband, Bill, died peacefully in the company of her family on March 20, 2016, in Cooperstown. Born at home in Paterson, N.J., on Labor Day, Sept. 6, 1926, she was the daughter of Otto and Lina Luebbe Wallerius, youngest sister of Lya and Otty, and one of 35 first cousins, spread out all over…
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MAYOR HERZIG, PEACEMAKER He Backs Off Some Divisive Charter Issues, Seeks Advice Toward Reaching Consensus By JIM KEVLIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Mayor Gary Herzig has extended several olive branches on the proposed City Charter changes, some contentious. They were contained in a memo to Common Council that he made public today. The memo will be discussed at the Tuesday Council meeting at 7 p.m. in City Hall. MAYOR HERZIG DISTRIBUTES CONCILIATORY MEMORANDUM On one contentious issue – whether to…
In Otsego County, Hourly Wage Will Rise To Only $12.50 By 2021 In New York City, Minimum Wage Will Go To $15 FROM TODAY’S NEW YORK TIMES: Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and state legislative leaders announced on Thursday that they had reached a budget agreement that would raise the minimum wage in New York City to $15 by the end of 2018, but initiate slower increases elsewhere, even in the city’s wealthy suburbs. For Mr. Cuomo, the wage agreement came with clear…
Cuomo Cabinet Member To Explain Budget Locally ONEONTA – The public is invited to a presentation, by a member of Governor Cuomo’s cabinet, on the 2016-17 state budget, Mayor Gary Herzig announced today. The presentation will be 9 a.m. Thursday, April 7, at the Foothills Performing Arts Center.…
Fisher Cat Does So Well Here 6-Day Season Planned In Fall By JIM KEVLIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com GARRATTSVILLE – The fisher cat became so rare everywhere except the Adirondacks, no trapping of the weasel relative was allowed between the mid 1930s and late 1940s. In the 1970s, 50 were transplanted to the Catskills. In the 40 years since, they have migrated to Otsego County and multiplied to the point that a six-day trapping season is contemplated this fall to keep the…
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ON WAMC Natural Gas Debate Heating Up In his weekly “Morning Headlines” segment on WAMC Public Radio, Albany, Hometown Oneonta & Freeman’s Journal Editor Jim Kevlin this morning discussed op-ed pieces on natural gas and the Constitution Pipeline that appear in this week’s print editions, AND ARE REPRINTED BELOW. CLICK HERE TO HEAR THIS MORNING’S REPORT ISSUE & DEBATE New Pipeline Won’t Cure Otsego County’s Poverty Editor’s Note: Kate O’Donnell, Ph.D., is a professor of sociology at Hartwick College.…